Nuclear power is relatively safe when managed responsibly, and provides a consistant power output. When it comes to hydro electric , solar or wind; it is possible that drought, impaired sunlight, and days with low wind could lead to a day with zero energy or low energy output.
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It might be easier to find a safe place for nuclear waste deposit, but it’s not easy getting to that place and preparing it. Installing solar panels is actually quite quick and easy, specially if they installed on a rooftop. Wind turbines are a bit more complicated on construction and logistics, but they don’t need to be the only building on the area, you can raise cattle or plant stuff around it.
There is also the issue of public perception, even though nuclear power plants don’t emit any toxic gases, it has a big “chimney” that releases “smoke”. That’s not smoke, that’s clean water vapor, but a big chimney scares people.
In Brazil, if we build another 20 nuclear power plant, the same size of the one we already have, we could turn off 100% of our fossil fuels and coal power plants. I don’t know what effect that would have on energy prices though.
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